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• Bumpkin rising: the development of American identity through the country bumpkin character in American manners plays 

  Bunch, Caroline M (2017-04-18)

  In this dissertation, the country bumpkin character type is analyzed as a reflection of American identity. In the English tradition, the country bumpkin is often the object of ridicule because of his ignorance and buffoonish ...

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• Great bellies and boy actors: pregnancy plays on the Stuart stage, 1603-1642 

  Thiel, Sara Boland Taylor (2017-02-14)

  Before 1603, pregnant characters were seldom present on English stages; because of mounting anxiety over Elizabeth’s failure to produce an heir, representations of pregnant bodies were, perhaps wisely, rare. In contrast, ...

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• Playing American: race and citizenship in American theatre and performance during the Great War, 1917-1919 

  Salerno, Michelle R. (2016-07-05)

  This dissertation explores the intersection of race and citizenship in American theatre and performance during US active engagement in the Great War through focusing on performances by and about German immigrants and African ...

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• Performing modern Korea in the U.S.: Korean immigrants' theatrical activities in California and Hawai'i during the first half of the twentieth century 

  Jeon, Young Ji (2015-12-02)

  This dissertation investigates theatrical activities by Korean immigrants in the U.S. during the first half of the twentieth century. As a result of the fact that Koreans regarded their national territory as tainted by the ...

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• The performance and reception of flash mobs: authenticity, YouTube, and the fantastic 

  Gailey, Benjamin Joseph (2015-07-17)

  This dissertation analyzes the performance methodology and reception of various flash mobs performed from 2003 to 2015. This twelve year history is separated into three periods. The first period consists of Bill Wasik’s ...

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